Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene, Texas · Private · 1,283 undergraduates · hsutx.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
86%
of 3,631 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1003 to 1180
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$54,800Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Hardin-Simmons University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
86% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$54,800
a year in 2027-28, from a $54,800 sticker price
What to do with your 1100
Send your score
About 52% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 940, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- Reviews applications as they arrive, so applying early helps.
- CLT accepted alongside ACT/SAT
Source: Test Optional & Superscoring - Hardin-Simmons University · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Dec11Other deadline · December 11, 2026
Who gets in
86%
of applicants were admitted: 3,130 of 3,631 for fall 2024.
Early Action
Not binding..
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2024)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 32% of them sent SAT scores and 20% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1003 to 1180
Reading and Writing 510 to 600
Math 500 to 590
ACT composite 19 to 26
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16003.3%
- 1200 to 139920%
- 1000 to 119952%
- 800 to 99920%
- 600 to 7992.5%
- 400 to 5991.6%
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.60
- 4.020%
- 3.75 to 3.9920%
- 3.50 to 3.7427%
- 3.25 to 3.4914%
- 3.00 to 3.2413%
- 2.50 to 2.994.9%
- Below 2.501.1%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$54,800
a year
- Tuition$35,910
- Fees$1,150
- Food and housing$12,550
- Books and supplies$1,190
- Transportation and other$4,000
Hardin-Simmons University published $50,660 for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$13,040
- $30,001 to $48,000$13,887
- $48,001 to $75,000$14,153
- $75,001 to $110,000$20,601
- Over $110,000$26,135
Financial aid
87%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$11,729
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
24%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $28,039 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
25 of 25
Earn credit with a score of 3
18 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $3,590Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 5 | 3 | ART 1302 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 5 | 3 | ART 2302 |
| Art History | 5 | ART 2306, 2307 | |
| Biology | 3 | BIOL 1401 | |
| Biology | 4 | BIOL 1306 & 1106 | |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | Mathematics 1420 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | Mathematics 1420, 1421 |
| Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 1410 | |
| Chemistry | 4 | CHEM 1410, 1411 | |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POLS 2302 |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | CSCI 1320 | |
| Drawing | 5 | 3 | ART 1301 |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | English 1301 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGL 1301 OR, in the event ENGL 1301 credit has already been received, English 1302 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | ENVS 1311 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | German 1301 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | German 1301 and 1302 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 9 | GRMN 1301, GRMN 1302, and GRMN 2301 (for a score of 5)Credit for GRMN 2302 by Dept. Exam ONLY |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | Economics 2331 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | Economics 2332 | |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 4 | Physics 1310, 1110 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 4 | Physics 1311, 1111 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 4 | Physics 1311,1111 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 4 | Physics 1321,1121 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 4 | Physics 1310,1110 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 4 | Physics 1320,1120 |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | Psychology 1301 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Spanish 1301 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | Spanish 1301, 1402 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 9 | Spanish 1301, 1302, 2301 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | STAT 2312 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | Political Science 1302 |
| United States History | 4 | 6 | History 1301, 1302 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
44%
Come back for a second year
65%
Typical earnings
$56,313
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Hardin-Simmons University$56,707
- All colleges$59,032
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 7 majors here have earnings data.
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